Similar styles: A visitor is attracted to the bushy blooms of the
Floral Marquee at The Hampton Court Palace Flower Show in London.
Hampton Court is the biggest gardening show in the United Kingdom.

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But it makes me look cool and sophisticated! Tori inhales after
bumming a smoke inside her cage at Satwa Taru Jurug Zoo in Solo, Central
Java. The zoo plans to move the 15-year-old orangutan, who learned to
smoke about a decade ago by imitating people, away from visitors.
Zoo-goers regularly throw lit cigarettes into her cage so they can watch
and photograph her puffing away and exhaling smoke.

It's a small world, after all: Erik Bendl, a.k.a. WorldGuy, has
rolled his inflatable globe more than 5,000 miles through about 30
states to raise money for diabetes organizations and promote exercise to
prevent the disease. You may have recently seen him with his constant
companion, Nice the dog, in Eugene, Ore.

Tables turned: While we hope the matador was not harmed, it's
hard to blame the bull, as he was impaled with at least three spears
before throwing his tormenter to the ground in the ring at Pamplona.

Photo: Daniel Ochoa De Olza, Associated Press

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Kissin' cousins: For his 50th
birthday, Major gets a slice of strawberry cake mouth to mouth from
Sebastien Laurent, the zoo director in Nantes, France. Major, the father
of 16, is believed to be the oldest captive orangutan in the world.

Sideline scare: West player Sha'Quann Johnson, of Thomasville,
N.C., is pushed out-of-bounds and collides with nine-year-old Jasper
Duke, who was standing on the sidelines holding her stuffed animal
during the North Carolina East-West All Star high school football game.
Fortunately, Jasper wasn't hurt.

Searching for son: Tom Sullivan, center, embraces family members
after searching for his son Alex, who celebrated his 27th birthday by
going to see "The Dark Knight Rises," where a gunman opened fire in
Aurora, Colo. Alex was later confirmed as killed.

XXL skin on a 'medium' body: Gary Stretch, who claims to have the
world's stretchiest skin, demonstrates his elasticity during "The Royal
Family of Strange People" at the Priceless London Wonderground.